A History Lesson with Booze: The Disco Bash & the “The Disco Smash”This week back in 1979, Chicago rock DJ Steve Dahl took revenge on the disco craze by holding a massive disco bash – literally. Hear about the riotous event at Comiskey Park, then douse the disco inferno with this flashy blue cocktail:

Shake and strain the rum and curacao into a rocks glass over ice — preferably a mini-glitter ball chilled in the freezer, or an ice cube carved to resemble said. Garnish with mint and lemon. Drink it down, crank up the fog machine, and riot on the dance floor.

Guest of Honor: Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler
The buzziest hip hop act around right now is Seattle’s Shabazz Palaces. Lots of critics are calling Palaces’ debut Black Up the best album of the year, and this weekend the group performs at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival – mecca for the musicarati. But the spotlight is nothing new for the group’s driving force, Ishmael Butler: he won a Grammy with his earlier group Digable Planets. Butler talks about his new avant-garde sound, mental soup, and where he’ll keep jamming his jam as long as he’s jamming.

One For The Road: Real Estate – “It’s Real”
New Jersey beach pop group Real Estate just dropped the first single from its sophomore LP Days, out 10/18 on Domino. Its mix of cheery guitar lines and harmonious choruses is perfect for ending an argument… about the debt ceiling, maybe?

This week: Actor Titus Welliver on shooting a gun, canonically ... Corin Tucker doesn't think her band's music is too awful ... Tracee Ellis Ross shares the gift of laughter and a loopy life coach ... Comedian Maz Jobrani helps our listeners confront stereotypes and racism, with jokes ... Hollywood costume creator Colleen Atwood reveals one dress she won't be designing ... Small, squishy creatures with powerful mouths (and we're not talking about politics) ... Why one type of Chinese cooking is so hot right now, while also less hot than you think ... Some splashy history ... And a newly-released song from the iconic Pop Staples ...